Lot 142: FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE BEADS Late Qing Dynasty

FIVE ARCHAISTIC JADE BEADS

Late Qing Dynasty

The Wengzhong figure carved with simple strokes to depict a standing official wearing a long robe, his hands held in front and concealed under the long sleeves, the long beard finely detailed with incised lines, perforated from top of the head to both sleeve ends, the brown stone with dark patination; the
cong-shaped bead of slender form with circular mouth on each end, the stone stained in brown in areas; the other
cong-shaped bead decorated with four rows of stripped panels and a
chi dragon design, the opaque white stone stained black in areas; the elongated rectangular bead decorated with
chi dragons in relief, the mottled stone stained brown and black in areas; the short cylindrical bead decorated with a
chi dragon over reduced ground, the green stone stained brown at both ends. (5)


Wengzhong: 3in (7.6cm) high;
beads: 13/16in to 2 9/16in (2.1cm to 6.5cm) long

清末 仿古玉勒子 翁仲 琮 魑龍 共五枚



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Yamanaka & Company, New York

Gift of Samuel T. Peters 1913

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters, 1913 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今



The small jade
cong with
chi dragon on the side in the present lot compares closely to the jade
cong in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated on the museum's website as 故玉004607N, attributed to Qing Dynasty.

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